Biju Pattnaik completed a five-year term as Chief Minister during his second tenure. Balangir royal family member R N Singh Deo had to demit the office of chief minister before completing four years.
A tough politician Nandini Satapathy got two chances to serve as Chief Minister for three and half years.
Prominent non-Congress leader Nilamani Routray however, failed to complete four years. Sadashiv Tripathy was chief minister for twenty five months, while Biren Mitra
could not complete one and a half years.
Binayak Acharya became Chief Minister for four months while Hemananda Biswal was Chief Minister as a stop gap arrangement. His tenure was for three months.
Giridhar Gomango also could not complete even one year as chief minister.
